Installing tie-down

4.0 Hours

Match drilling tiedown full size

After cutting the tie down to length, drilled the one hole in the corner of the aluminum, and cleco'd to the spar. Then drilled all the rest of the holes using the spar as locater. Then removed the bar, and drilled the nutplate rivet holes, countersunk the proper holes, and tapped the end of the fitting for the tiedown ring

Primed the tiedown bar full size

Here is the finished tie down bar.

Front side of installed tie-down full size

Next I bolted the fitting into place onto the spar. Here is the front side

Rear side of tie-down installation full size

The bolts are torqued with torq seal on them

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